Democrats and Labor on NAFTA 2.o

HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI has made no secret of her desire to pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement by the end of the year, telling reporters recently that it would be her goal for the House to vote on it before Christmas. Centrist Democrats have been insisting privately that a quick passage for the trade deal is necessary for moderate members of Congress to win their competitive reelections in 2020, to show they can “do something.” Unions have made clear, though, that from their perspective, USMCA lacks real labor enforcement mechanisms, which could undermine the whole deal, further drag down wages, and eliminate more jobs.
Meanwhile, a top priority for labor has been sitting quietly on Pelosi’s desk and, unlike USMCA, already commands enough support to get it over the House finish line. The Protecting the Right to Organize Act would be the most comprehensive rewrite of U.S. labor law in decades. It would eliminate right-to-work laws, impose new penalties on employers who retaliate against union organizing, crack down on worker misclassification, and establish new rules so that employers cannot delay negotiating collective bargaining contracts. Introduced by Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., in May, it already has 215 co-sponsors in the House and 40 in the Senate.
 
https://theintercept.com/2019/12/02/nancy-pelosi-usmca-pro-act-unions/
 
Meanwhile. The NYT reports all is going well with Democrats and Nafta.  The Democratic Leadership expects some 100 Democrats to vote yes in the House.  This is how the original Nafta was passed in 1994.  Some  102  Democrats and the remainder Republicans made it a majority.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/business/usmca-trade-democrats.html?